1 Kings 6:8

1 Kings 6:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
• New International Version (NIV)The entrance to the lowest floor was on the south side of the temple; a stairway led up to the middle level and from there to the third.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The entrance for the lowest story was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The doorway for the middle story was on the right side of the temple. They went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.

Context of 1 Kings 6:8

6The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house. 7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. The door for the middle side-chambers was in the right side of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into the middle story, and out of the middle into the third. 9So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar. 10And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

1 Kings 6:8 word by word

פֶּ֗תַח הַצֵּלָע֙ הַתִּ֣יכֹנָ֔ה אֶל־כֶּ֥תֶף הַבַּ֖יִת הַיְמָנִ֑ית וּבְלוּלִּ֗ים יַֽעֲלוּ֙ עַל־הַתִּ֣יכֹנָ֔ה וּמִן־הַתִּֽיכֹנָ֖ה אֶל־הַשְּׁלִשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear

• doorפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• middleתִּיכוֹןtîykôn tîykôn · middleH8484
• rightיְמָנִיyemânîy · rightH3233
• sideכָּתֵףkâthêph · shoulderH3802
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• wentעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• thirdשְׁלִישִׁיshelîyshîy · thirdH7992

Cross-references for 1 Kings 6:8

• Ezekiel 41:6And the side-chambers were in three stories, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which belonged to the house for the side-chambers round about, that they might have hold therein, and not have hold in the wall of the house.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 6:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The door for the middle chamber - i. e., the door which gave access to the mid-most “set of chambers.” The chambers on the ground-floor were possibly reached each by their own door in the outer wall of the lean-to. The middle and upper floors were reached by a single door in the right or south wall, from which a winding staircase ascended to the second tier, while another ascended from the second to the third. The door to the stairs was in the outer wall…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-38The construction of the Temple and palace complex, along with the temple's dedication celebration, are key events in the 1 Kings account of Solomon's time. The temple, built to honor God, was Israel's most important building. Therefore, the writer of 1 Kings documented its construction details thoroughly.Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Kings 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings